reefgeek84 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 They are claiming 105 on sat and sun. that is bad, bad, bad news for some off us...I am going to get an AC today...There is no way I can deal with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Oh boy. I'm off camping this weekend so can't babysit the tank. Might have to get that chiller after all :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Oh boy. I'm off camping this weekend so can't babysit the tank. Might have to get that chiller after all :-( Yeah, high 80-90's thursday and Friday Sat and Sun 105 and monday and tues high 80-90's...Bad news for people with out ac or chillers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Consumer Reports Air Conditioners ratings Lowes stores *don't* carry the Frigidaire units. Sears/Kenmore seems to be the best choice locally. I can't see buying a chiller for $400+ when I can get a room air conditioner for <$200 and keep both the room and the tank cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180Brandy Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Think artic thoughts!!! LOL 105 is a little to hot for me. I might have to take a trip to the oregon coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spayne Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Think artic thoughts!!! I am really not looking forward to 105!!! I hate the heat! I am so glad we finally have a chiller for the big tank and a chiller for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 The coast is supposed to be close to 90 this weekend. I beat the rush this heat wave and bought the biggest available air conditioner for the shop before everyone else heard that it was going to be hot and bought them all. Air conditioners would probably be even cheaper except for all the wonderful people that go and buy them and then return them after it cools off. I went to Jerrys and Home Depot and there was a bunch of open box air conditioners laying around. It is just sad that people do things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Costco people!! Great price on AC units. Hope it goes well for everyone. Its gonna be REAL hot i hear. I'll be drinking Mai Tais on the beach in hawaii so i won't have much to complain about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I just got an 8000BTU Kenmore on sale for $169 ($20 off, iirc). Good price, good rating at Consumer Reports, I'm happy. Not as happy as I'd be if this heatwave crap would knock it off... but happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Well with all the talk about the beach. I decided to go for the day. All I can say is wow 70 degrees sure feels good this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 The beach is going to be a zoo!!!! I got a deal on an portable ac unit...It has some cosmetic damage, so I got it for 300 off!!! I am not worried about the weekend now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ahbrit Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 i just flew in from Memphis tonight it was 104 heat index over there 100% humidity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Yeah it was already starting to get a little busy along the coast in Florence and I have never seen so many people at Sea Lion caves. They were piled up. I made the mistake of going over last year when it was really hot over here and couldn't hardly find a place to park to go out to the beach. I will just have to settle for sitting at the shop enjoying the air conditioning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Yeah that humidity sucks. When we were living out in Oklahoma we came up to visit for a couple of weeks in June and it was 70s and 80s the whole time we were out here. Nice and pleasant. We drove back out through Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. It was about 110 in some of the little Arizona towns we passed through but dry as a bone. It was 107 in Amarillo Texas still fairly dry. We pull in to the house it is 109 outside with about 70% humidity. My glasses fogged up when I cracked the car door open. It sucked. Probably the worst climate change I went through was flying over to England on our way to Saudi Arabia in August. We almost couldn't leave Mildenhall in the morning because there was so much fog nice and cool. In general good old England. We landed in Saudi and cracked open the back door of the plane open and you could just feel all of the moisture get sucked out of the plane. It was only like 115-120. Either way this weekend is going to suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JManrow Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 i just flew in from Memphis tonight it was 104 heat index over there 100% humidity Welcome back Keith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 How is everyone holding out in the heat? I've had to throw in frozen bottles all afternoon, since our little window a/c isn't quite cutting the mustard this time. It didn't cool off much last night, so we started out with a still fairly warm house in the morning. Fortunately, we were prepared with lots of bottles ready in the freezer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefin' Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 How is everyone holding out in the heat? I've had to throw in frozen bottles all afternoon, since our little window a/c isn't quite cutting the mustard this time. It didn't cool off much last night, so we started out with a still fairly warm house in the morning. Fortunately, we were prepared with lots of bottles ready in the freezer. id try unpluggin the heater if u havent done that yet,reduce amt of time lites are on,and also put a fan on the water surface and run it all nite ..its kind of like opening the windows at nite so u start out the next day with a cool house....this would give you a "buffer" to work with...the nites like tonite ill leave the fan on and the tank will dip down to 72f .that will give u an 8-10 degree buffer...before the poop hits the fan...hth good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 I ran the lights for about 2-3 hours yesterday, was here from 8-12 trying to keep it cool. back again this AM at 8:30, its already 84 and I have 3 tanks at 84.... 30 bags of ice yesterday, at least 40 if not 50 will be needed today. I have a 5 ton (I think thats 100,000btu?) commercial AC unit on the way, naturaly things like that never happen in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 It went up to 107 in our little corner today and the house is currently about 80. Tanks are okay with frequent switching of ice bottles. The 1 Gallon water jugs are great and last a few hours. that will give u an 8-10 degree buffer Are such large temp swings okay? I always thought it should not vary this much. I have a 5 ton (I think thats 100,000btu?) commercial AC unit on the way, naturaly things like that never happen in time I feel for you! It will probably arrive once the heat wave is over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 We just got back from camping, and the tank looks really good -- we lost another Scarlett-legged Hermit (we lose at least one each heatware) but that's it. The tank temp was 83*F, and the room temp was 76*F The new Sears AC is working great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefin' Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 siskiou, ive been doing this for years and never had a loss from these temp swings. ..i thnk the real danger is the high temps..ive seen my a couple sps look "iffy" from the heat, like their flesh was gonna RTN. but have never seen it look "iffy" from the temp swings..i think the coral rather deal with the temp swings than gettin cooked alive in your tank.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Yesterday sucked!!! House got up to 81!! Tank got up to 84 (thank god no higher). Woke up this morning and was able to open up the house and get some cool/fresh air in. Its 70 outside right now at 5:30am. better than Saturday morning when it was 81 at 4:15am and I was off to work. Hopefully this will stop the days of 100+ tempertures. The house just gets so hot with back-to-back days of 95+. Hope everyone is dealing with this OK! AND GOOD LUCK!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefboy Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 im ready for winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Im wishing I had a chiller now... Went and bought a large AC unit (2 ton) and went to the coast all week, the bad part is the tank had to be cooled with the ac unit nt a chiller, Im sure I will be grabbing my ankles over the ac bill. Probably $50 this month just for ac, Im thinking a chiller might be a good idea so when Im gone I can just run the chiller, course you guys with storefronts are better off with a ac unit, at least the house is nice and cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Depending on the size of your tank, a chiller could easily set you back over $500 + electricity. It'd take you around 10 months of use to break even at your current guess of $50 a month for the AC you have. That's like 5 years as hot as this one to just break even... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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